Crochet Stitches

This is the record of stitches I have learned and am learning.

Stitch Albums - A modern version of a Crochet Sampler Book

(Albums of stitches posted by month)
 
May 2014


June 2014


July 2014


August 2014
 
September 2014

List of stitches

(Updated 9/5/14 so not up to date. I like scanning through stitch albums better)
The stitch abbreviations are in American Crochet. I like to use to European Symbols to draw out directions. European symbols mimic crochet stitch appearance.

Basic, work horse crochet stitches
Foundation chain
Crocheting into a foundation chain
Slip Stitch, SS or Sl St,
Single Crochet, SC, European symbol is a plus (+) sign and variations
Half double (HDC or "T" symbol), double(DC or "T" with line or slash through it symbol), triple/treble crochet (TC or "T" with 2 lines or slashes through it symbol)


No foundation chain stitches.
SC without foundation chain
DC without foundation chain

Rib st
Vertical using front & back post Dc
Vertical ribbing

Basket Weave stitches
3 fp DC across 2 rows variation
4 fp Dc across 3 rows 


"Spike" Stitches
Honey Comb
Cable Stitches
SC with woven 8ch loop to look like cable- easy

Chevrons
Sc Chevron
Dc Chevron 
Ridged Chevron using HDC & Multiple of 12 stitches
Wavy Chevron

Crossed Stitches
Crossed DC

Lacy stitches
4 row lace, combo of dc, v st, sc and ch stitches
5 row Lace, Chains, SC, 4 DC combos
Chain Lace with Triple Picot
Checked Stitch, combo of DC and chains
Fan Trellis St; Sc, Chains, Dc shells, Tc
Lace Pyramid St, Ch 6, then sc & 3dc into side of ch6
Little Triangles, basically crocheting between 3 DC shell stitches
TC lace with 4tc shell, 4tc decr, tc v st
Triples & V's, 3 DC shell row alternating with DC "V" row
Webbed Lace; 4dc-ch2-1dc-ch2

Fur/ Loop stitches
Astrakhan st; 7ch loop in Hdc base
Loop(Fur) st made with Sc background- loops not cut

Mesh
5 dc shell with Dc-Ch-Dc mesh
Checked St, 3dc-ch3
Sc Mesh; Sc-Ch-Sc
Open Mesh; Dc-Ch-Dc
Open Squares, Dc-Ch3
Trellis; Sc-ch7-sc

Bobble, Popcorn, Puff stitches
5 Dc popcorns
6 hdc puff st
alternate 5 Dc bobbles
Granular, grains of 3 ch with SC


V and shell stitches
Alternating rows of V st & 4dc shell 
Dc cluster, upside down V
Offset 5 Dc Shell 
Shell or Scallop st
Shell Columns
V stitch

Miscellaneous stitches in alphabetical order

Alternating rows of Sc & Dc
Boxed Shell Stitch made of DC and Chains
Cobble, alt sc & dc, with sc stacked on dc and dc stacked on sc
Crunch, alternating HDC and Sl St

Extended HDC
Eyelet St
Floret, combo of Sl St and DC
Granite St, alt Sc-DC, not stacked
Grit, paired SC & DC
Herring Bone HDC
Herring Bone DC
Leaf St, 2 sc incr crocheted between sc incr stitches
Paired SC
Paired HDC
Raised Petals
Riddle St, Sc-Ch-Dc into 1 ch
Sand St
SC 3 together stitch 
Sc, Front loop dc, alternating rows
Sedge, combination of SC, HDC, and DC 
Spider (SC and chain)
Staggered HDC
Staggered DC pairs
Starry St, combo of Sc, Hdc, Dc
Toleware, SC-DC, stacked
Tight Granite St, alt SC & ch, also variations in hdc & dc
Trail St, alt 3rows Sc with 1 row of TC
Up and Down Stitch (alternating SC & DC)
Wide doubles where hook is inserted between stems and below all horizontal threads connecting stitches
Woven (alternating SC and chain stitches
Waffle (linked extended SC, [ExSC] with chain stitches
Wattle Stitch - paired SC & HDC stitches